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Author: lizdigslife

  • Forcing Paperwhites

    Forcing Paperwhites

    Forcing Paperwhites I was gifted a Paperwhite kit and I am finally getting around to starting it! Paperwhites (Narcissus papyraceus) are a bulb native to the Mediterranean area of the world and are in the same plant family as Daffodils. They are pretty common for indoor planting, called forcing, in the winter months. They release…

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  • Spruce Study

    Spruce Study

    Decided to take a break from the Alliums and do a little Spruce study tonight. Sometimes I do quick studies like this when I am practicing for something. This took about and hour and a half. This painting is small and I wanted to layer the trees so I had to wait longer between layers.…

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  • Watercolor Allium, Part 2

    Watercolor Allium, Part 2

    I want to start by showing the photo that this painting is based on. The reason I didn’t show it at the beginning is because I wanted to explain the concept of layering and building the painting from nothing. I wanted to do that before there was any idea of what the scene looked like…

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  • Watercolor Allium, Part 1

    Watercolor Allium, Part 1

    I started a watercolor painting featuring one of my favorite summer bulbs, Allium. Alliums are essentially a flowering perennial onion and have a bulb that produces unique ball shaped flowers in shades of pink, purple and blue. The photo that I used for inspiration was from a day trip to Cornell University in June 2018…

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  • New England Clam Chowder

    New England Clam Chowder

    It’s soup season! Today I am sharing my recipe for New England Clam Chowder. I enjoy making this in the winter when things get chilly…it’s comfort food at its best. It also makes great leftovers.  I am asked for this recipe by everyone and thought it might be a nice way to kick off the…

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  • It’s Goal Time!

    If you are reading this then that means I have succeeded at my first goal of the year – actually create the blog. Thank you! I appreciate your support, or quite frankly, your curious nature… Why a blog? One of my personal goals for 2020 was to do a little bit of writing everyday. I…

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  • Off We Go……

    I am sitting here on the eve of this launch proud that I FINALLY got this little adventure started. This has been a project that I have long been dreaming about. And with a new decade upon us, why not now? I am looking forward to 2020 being a year or growth and exploration for…

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